Just in Time for 9/11, NYC Allows Islamic Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers

[mystery-ak]

Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit

The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced by Mayor Eric Adams
ByKAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press
August 29, 2023, 2:28 PM

NEW YORK -- The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity.

Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Friday is the traditional Islamic holy day, and Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan.

The police department’s community affairs bureau will work with mosques to communicate the new guidelines and ensure that devices used to broadcast the adhan are set to appropriate decibel levels, Adams said. Houses of worship can broadcast up to 10 decibels over the ambient sound level, the mayor's office said.

“For too long, there has been a feeling that our communities were not allowed to amplify their calls to prayer,” Adams said. “Today, we are cutting red tape and saying clearly that mosques and houses of worship are free to amplify their call to prayer on Fridays and during Ramadan without a permit necessary.”

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/muslim-call-prayer-now-broadcast-publicly-new-york-102656978

[Kamaji]

That should be fun.  Not.

[PeteS in CA]

Cities cannot discriminate between church bells and the muezzin (live or recorded).

[libertybele]

 

[mountaineer]

And just in time for 9/11!

Mayor Adams to Honor 9/11 Anniversary by Unleashing Mosque Loudspeakers Across NYC
Local residents have complained that they can hear the chants a half mile away.
Aug 30, 2023 9:00 am
 By Daniel Greenfield

... No one is stopping mosques from hosting their calls for the death of infidels, but can it be done quietly? Nope, it’s gotta be “amplified” much as it was in the days of Mohammed through massive loudspeaker systems.  ...

More at Jihad Watch

[Fishrrman]

One more win for the muslims.
(I'm particularly disheartened by one forum member who, for reasons unknown, keeps defending the muslims here.)

I want them out of The West.
100% gone.

Edit to add this quote:
“Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.”

- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

[rangerrebew]

Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in NYC without a permit

The NYC mayor says that under the new rules mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan
By Karen Matthews • Published August 29, 2023 • Updated on August 29, 2023 at 8:43 pm
 
Mosques and houses of worship can now broadcast the call to prayer each Friday and during the holy month of Ramadan without permit. Gus Rosendale reports.

The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity.

Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Friday is the traditional Islamic holy day, and Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan.

The police department’s community affairs bureau will work with mosques to communicate the new guidelines and ensure that devices used to broadcast the adhan are set to appropriate decibel levels, Adams said.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/muslim-call-to-prayer-can-now-be-broadcast-publicly-in-nyc-without-a-permit/4633760/

[catfish1957]

Freaking disgusting. Now they are rubbing it in our faces.

[240B]

LOL
They are broadcasting a GIANT "ain't gonna happen" call.

[Fishrrman]

A question I started posting almost 20 years ago.
Still worth asking:

Who's winning???

[Mod2]

Merged threads

[mystery-ak]

Just in Time for 9/11, NYC Allows Islamic Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers
Our surrender.

September 6, 2023 by Robert Spencer

Did the 9/11 hijackers and plotters succeed? Can it finally be said, nearly twenty-two years after they murdered nearly three thousand people in New York and Washington, that they have attained their objectives?

Back in 2003, Osama bin Laden wrote a letter to the American people in which he explained, “The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam.” Twenty years later, that very call will resound from loudspeakers all over the city that was his chief target on Sept. 11, 2001. (All the 9/11-was-an-inside-job types can find bin Laden taking responsibility for the attacks here). New York Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced what Gothamist described as “new NYPD rules” that “will allow mosques in New York City to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer without a permit.”

Adams couched this rule change in language designed to give the impression that he was doing something for people of all religious communities, but ended up making it clear that he was making a special concession to Muslims only: “For too long, there has been confusion about which communities are allowed to amplify their calls to prayer,” he said. “Today, we are cutting red tape and saying clearly, if you are a mosque or house of worship of any kind, you do not have to apply for a permit to amplify your call to Friday prayer.” Well, great, but the only “house of worship of any kind” that has a call to prayer, and particularly one for Friday, is a mosque.

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https://www.frontpagemag.com/just-in-time-for-9-11-nyc-allows-islamic-call-to-prayer-over-loudspeakers/

[Kamaji]

Just in Time for 9/11, NYC Allows Islamic Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers
Our surrender.

September 6, 2023 by Robert Spencer

Did the 9/11 hijackers and plotters succeed? Can it finally be said, nearly twenty-two years after they murdered nearly three thousand people in New York and Washington, that they have attained their objectives?

Back in 2003, Osama bin Laden wrote a letter to the American people in which he explained, “The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam.” Twenty years later, that very call will resound from loudspeakers all over the city that was his chief target on Sept. 11, 2001. (All the 9/11-was-an-inside-job types can find bin Laden taking responsibility for the attacks here). New York Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced what Gothamist described as “new NYPD rules” that “will allow mosques in New York City to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer without a permit.”

Adams couched this rule change in language designed to give the impression that he was doing something for people of all religious communities, but ended up making it clear that he was making a special concession to Muslims only: “For too long, there has been confusion about which communities are allowed to amplify their calls to prayer,” he said. “Today, we are cutting red tape and saying clearly, if you are a mosque or house of worship of any kind, you do not have to apply for a permit to amplify your call to Friday prayer.” Well, great, but the only “house of worship of any kind” that has a call to prayer, and particularly one for Friday, is a mosque.

more
https://www.frontpagemag.com/just-in-time-for-9-11-nyc-allows-islamic-call-to-prayer-over-loudspeakers/

The rule applies to all houses of worship equally.  Ordinary noise regulations will still apply - so long as they are evenhandedly applied - and mosques are allowed to make too much noise, then churches should simply amplify their bell ringing until it hits an equivalent decibel level.